August 2008

Prayers & Devotions

August 2008
Year A - Weekdays II

Holy Father's Intentions

General:
That the human family may learn to respect God’s plan for the world and become ever more aware that Creation is God’s great gift.

Mission:
That the answer of the entire people of God to the common calling to holiness and mission may be promoted and fostered by means of careful discernment of charisms and constant commitment to spiritual and cultural formation.

1 St Alphonsus Liguori

First Friday
Abstinence

Jer 26:1-9
Mt 13:54-58

White

2 St Eusebius of Vercelli*; St Peter Julian Eymard*;BVM*

Jer 26:11-16, 24
Mt 14:1-12

Green/*White

3 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Is 55:1-3
Rom 8:35, 37-39
Mt 14:13-21

Green

4 St John Mary Vianney

Jer 28:1-17
Mt 14:22-36

White

5 The Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major*

Jer 30:1-2,12-15, 18-22
Mt 14:22-36 or 15:1-2, 10-14

Green/*White

6 The Transfiguration of the Lord

Dn 7:9-10, 13-14
2 Pt 1:16-19
Mt 17:1-9

White

7 St Sixtus II & Companions*; St Cajetan**

Jer 31:31-34
Mt 16:13-23

Green/ *Red / **White

8 St Dominic

Abstinence

Na 2:1,3; 3:1--3, 6-7
Mt 16:24-28

White

9 St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross*;BVM**

Hb 1:12-2:4
Mt 17:14-20

Green/*Red /**White

10 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time

1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-13a
Rom 9:1-5
Mt 14:22-33

[St Lawrence]

Green

11 St Clare

Ez 1:2-5, 24-28c
Mt 17:22-27

White

Ez 2:8-3:4
Mt 18:1-5, 10, 12-14

Green

13 St Pontian & St Hippolytus*

Ez 9:1-7; 10:18-22
Mt 18:15-20

Green/*Red

14 St Maximillian Mary Kolbe

Ez 12:1-12
Mt 18:21-19:1

Red

15 The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Holy Day of Obligation

Abstinence

White

16 St Stephen of Hungary*; BVM*

Ez 18:1-10, 13b, 30-32
Mt 19:13-15

Green/*White

17 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Is 56:1, 6-7
Rom 11:13-15, 29-32
Mt 15:21-28

Green

18 St Jane Frances de Chantel*

Ez 24:15-24
Mt 19:16-22

Green/*White

19 St John Eudes*

Ez 28:1-10
Mt 19:23-30

Green/ *White

20 St Bernard

Ez 34:1-11
Mt 20:1-16

White

21 St Pius X

Ez 36:23-28
Mt 22:1-14

White

22 The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Abstinence

Ez 37:1-14
Mt 22:34-40

White

23 St Rose of Lima*; BVM*

Ez 43:1-7ab
Mt 23:1-12

Green/*White

24 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time

Is 22:19-23
Rom 11:33-36
Mt 16:13-20

[St Bartholomew]

Green

25 St Louis of France*; St Joseph Calasanz*

2 Th 1:1-5, 11-12
Mt 23:13-22

Green/ *White

2 Th 2:1-3a, 14-17
Mt 23:23-26

[Our Lady of Czestochowa]

Green

27 St Monica

2 Th 3:6-10, 16-18
Mt 23:27-32

White

28 St Augustine

1 Cor 1:1-9
Mt 24:42-51

White

29 The Martyrdom of St John the Baptist

Abstinence

1 Cor 1:17-25
Mk 6:17-29

Red

30 BVM*

St. Margaret Ward (England)

1 Cor 1:26-31
Mt 25:14-30

Green/*White

31 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Jer 20:7-9
Rom 12:1-2
Mt 16:21-27

Green

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